Bambuco Bridge

The Bambuco Bridge was a temporary outdoor sculpture in the form of a simple suspension bridge spanning the River Tyne, England, made entirely from bamboo wood.

[1] The public art was designed and built for the SummerTyne festival, part of the NewcastleGateshead initiative.

After the three-day period, the bridge was dismantled in late July.

Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead commissioned the Australia-based firm Bambuco to create the bridge sculpture from 20 tonnes (in 800 pieces)[5] of bamboo in 2008, the 80th anniversary of the construction of the Tyne Bridge.

The sculpture—which had its legs next to HMS Calliope on the Gateshead bank and the law courts on the Newcastle bank—was also at a slight angle across the river.